Kisii JSS teachers, especially Gucha, defied their leaders and reported to their respective schools during the ongoing standoff with its employer Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
Contrary to their leaders’ assertion that their colleagues were not attending classes until the government yielded to their remuneration demands, the teachers chose to go to school at a time their colleagues around the country were holding demonstrations.
This was revealed by Gucha Sub-county TSC County Quality Assurance and Standards Officer (SCQASO) Daniel Rugut, saying that all schools in the area resumed their studies for second term successfully.
He also added, “This is the third day since the school reopened and I am happy all of them have started well with high spirit.”
The officer was speaking to Education News at his Ogembo office on Wednesday, May 15.
The officer revealed that out of 41 public schools in the sub county only 19 reported cases of filled latrines as a result of the heavy rainfall but said they were unblocked and students continued using them.
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Also, out of 19 public secondary schools in the area, it was only Nyamonyo and Tendere that reported crack walls on some of their classrooms but the officer as students used alternative classrooms to continue for their learning.
He asked all school heads to liase with his office and security teams put in place to monitor trends of rainfall in the area for any eventuality to be avoided earlier.
He thanked area MPs Alpha Miruka through NG-CDF saying that he has upgraded feeder roads to schools like Tendere to make them passable to the institution.
When Education News visited both Tendere Primary and Secondary schools, class sessions including physical training of learners were ongoing.
At one point in Tendere Secondary, a teacher who was on duty declined to talk to the Education News because both the principal and his deputy were absent.
“Yes, we are aware out school had a slight from the impact of heavy rainfall but I cannot tell you anything now,” he said.
Among the schools in the region that had resumed with a good turn of students include Mangere, Nyansakia, Nyaburumbasi, and Kebere, Itare and Nyansara.
By Enock Okong’o
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